Spleen and Stomach Diseases Department (Gastroenterology Department)

The department director, Xu Jie, is a member of the Geriatric Endoscopy Group of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy, a Standing Committee member of the Spleen and Stomach Diseases Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, a Standing Committee member of the Professional Committee of Digestive Endoscopy of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine, a member of the Chinese Professional Committee of Integrative Gastroenterology, a Standing Committee member of the Digestive Diseases Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, a Standing Committee member of the Digestive Diseases Branch of the Xinjiang Medical Association, and Deputy Director of the Digestive Endoscopy Branch of the Xinjiang Medical Association. The department currently has 2 national academic successors of renowned veteran traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, 3 doctors with doctoral degrees, 10 doctors with master’s degrees, 5 physicians with senior professional titles, 9 physicians with intermediate professional titles, 2 physicians with junior professional titles, and 15 endoscopists. The diagnostic and treatment methods provided include traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment: traditional Chinese medicine hot-pack therapy, traditional Chinese medicine rectal instillation therapy, traditional Chinese medicine plantar reflex therapy, moxibustion therapy, acupoint application therapy, acupoint injection therapy, acupuncture therapy, and tuina therapy. Western medicine diagnosis and treatment: painless ultrasonographic gastroscopy and enteroscopy examinations, painless electronic gastroscopy and colonoscopy examinations, endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal polyps and submucosal tumors (APC, EMR, and ESD procedures), as well as STER, POEM, biliary stent placement, esophageal stent placement, ERCP stone extraction for bile duct stones, endoscopic ligation, ligation and sclerotherapy for esophageal and gastric fundal varices, and other treatment techniques. Diseases for which the department has particular diagnostic and treatment advantages: acute and chronic gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal bleeding, tumors of the digestive tract (stomach, esophagus, intestine, pancreas, and liver), acute and chronic pancreatitis, chronic enteritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and other digestive system diseases. At present, the Endoscopy Center of our department is equipped with Olympus CV-290 electronic gastroscopes, Olympus CV-290 electronic colonoscopes, duodenoscopes, transnasal gastroscopes, endoscopic ultrasonography equipment, and other equipment at an advanced level within Xinjiang. Caring for every patient and, with an assiduous, enterprising, and excellence-oriented attitude, relieving every patient of disease is the common pursuit and goal of all medical and nursing staff in the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases.